Gothic science
Levy, Joel, 1971-2019
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Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was conceived against the backdrop of rapid change in the scientific world. And the science that inspired it is almost as strange as the novel itself. Shelley grew up surrounded by several of Europe's prominent scientific thinkers and was familiar with experimentation into reanimation of corpses as well as the heated debate over 'the elixir of life'. She was a frequent visitor to St Bart's operating theatre, where spectators witnessed surgery performed without anaesthetic. Her monster was born in an era of bodysnatching, dissections, and the philosophy of Vitalism. This book offers an engrossing insight into the world of science in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth-century Europe, through the prism of the seminal science fiction novel.
Main title:
Gothic science / Joel Levy.
Author:
Levy, Joel, 1971-, author
Imprint:
London : Andre Deutsch, 2019.
Collation:
208 pages ; 24 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780233005874 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.087609823.087
LC class:
PR830.S35
Language:
English
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BRN:
2524832
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